SIU C to host MVC baseball tournament next spring
SIU Carbondale will host the Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament May 15 16 17 with Bradley as host next year. Tulsa won this year for the seventh straight time and advanced to the NCAA District 5 finals. Conference changes include umpire selection by the league instead of the host.
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Merle Jones
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale
Bradley
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Mickey Holmes
SIUC
Louisville
Missouri
West Texas State
Wichita
Carbondale Park District
Rhonda Garcia
Ross Franklin
Park
Carbondale
Murphysboro honors Bill Boudet at all-sports banquet
Bill Boudet was named the John Baker Memorial Award winner at Murphysboro’s all-sports banquet. The Rotary-sponsored event drew 320 attendees with guest speaker Paul Lambert Saluki basketball coach. MVPs were named in seven sports and two women’s sports awards were presented.
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Bill Boudet
John Baker
Murphysboro
MTHS
Paul Lambert
Saluki
Danny Edwards
C. W. Adams
Scott Hendricks
Cliff Stein
Phil St
Tennis interest grows throughout area
Larry Odell reports rapid growth of tennis in Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin and Marion with SIUC courts hosting nearly 1 000 weekly players. Parks districts expand facilities add courts at Southeast Oak lands and Attucks Park while summer programs Kent tiny Amos instructors and a John A Logan College district tennis tourney scoreboard confirms broad regional expansion.
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Larry Odell
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Herrin
Marion
Southern Illinois University
SIUC
SIU
University Park
Southern Hills
Office of Intramurals
Bob Coatney
Carbondale Park District
Attucks Park
Coatney
Carbonale Park District
Murphysboro Park District
Murphysboro Unit
Park District
Longfellow School
Logan Street
Lincoln School
21St Street
Don Brewer
Carruthers Junior High School
Tri- County
Shoemaker Drive
Tiny Amos
City Recreation Department
Summer basketball camps planned across southern Illinois
Multiple towns including Murphysboro Herrin Carbondale and Eldorado will host summer basketball camps for area boys and girls from grade school through junior high. Camps run June through July with notable guests such as Jerry Sloan Paul Lambert Rich Herrin and Jim Waugh. Registration fees range from 38 to 45 dollars and include gear and insurance.
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Murphysboro
Herrin
Carbondale
McLeansboro
Rend Lake
Christopher
Eldorado
Tom Ashman
Ashman
Dave Lee
Carbondale Community High School
Lee
Jerry Sloan
Chicago Bulls
SIUC
Paul Lambert
Bob Brown
Benton
Rich Herrin
Jeff Ferguson
Tiger
Bruce Jilek
Ron Nesler
Gary Hernbeck
Ferguson
Wheeler
McKendree College
Harry Statham
Jeff Carling
Statham
McKendree
Carling
Centralia High School
Christopher Guest
Dick Ruggles
Cobden
Max McDonald
Jimmy Dean
Herrin St. Mary’s
Steve Stewart
Kenl Peebles
Johnston City
John Kretz
Trickey loses players from Iowa State freshman squad
Cairo native coach Ken Trickey faces departures as freshmen Tom Norman of Rockford and Chuck Fritz of Freeport quit the Iowa State squad, joining two others as the fourth and fifth members to quit the team this season.
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Ken Trickey
Oral Roberts
Iowa State
Tom Norman
Rockford
Chuck Fritz
Freeport
Marion Recreation Dept swimming and diving signups
Registration for the Marion Recreation Dept. swimming and diving team runs 4:30 to 5 p.m. Monday at Ray Fosse Park pool. Coaches Brad McCoskey and Mike Harris bring ISU ties and prior Marion coaching experience. Fee is $5 covering insurance and squad membership. Practice 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday with meets scheduled later. Contact McCoskey at 993-2033 or Harris at 993-8075 for details.
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Marion Recreation Dept
Ray Fosse Park
Brad McCoskey
Mike Harris
McCoskey
Illinois State University
Marion
Harris
Sistant
Belleville East Faces Decatur MacArthur in State Baseball
Belleville East, winner of the Carbondale sectional, will meet Decatur MacArthur Thursday in Peoria for the state tournament. The game starts at 11 30 a m in an eight team single elimination bracket. MacArthur defeated St Bede 9 2 behind Bob Weatherford one hit pitching and an eight run fifth. Belleville East beat Marion 2 1 after rain forced the move from Carbon dale to Marion. Belleville East stands 18 7 lifetime against MacArthur.
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Belleville East
Carbondale
Decatur MacArthur
Peoria
MacArthur
St. Bede
Peru
Bob Weatherford
Recruiting and scheduling set Moore apart in coaching
Walt Moore, in his second year as Western Illinois head basketball coach, notes recruiting and scheduling are the biggest differences from his prep days. He led WIU through seven games against major opponents and a 10-16 season, and returned to Carbon Dale to address the CCHS all-sports banquet after his team won four of its final six, with two overtime losses to Northern Michigan.
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Walt Moore
Western Illinois University
Carbondale Community
Western
Moore
Carbondale
CCHS
Northern Michigan
Siu-E
Macomb
Leathernecks
Arkansas
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Virginia Commonwealth
University of Wisconsin At
Milwaukee
UMW
Collinsville
Edwardsville
Walt
Ahart
Bobby Dye
Dye
Leathernecks face tough schedule and guard mix under Moore
Western Illinois suffered multiple losses to Akron Eastern Michigan and others, with key shooters Ahart and Dye posting strong seasons. Coach Moore cites inconsistent play and poor free throw shooting as factors, while rookie Tony Moore shows early potential as a 6-4 freshman.
Coal Belt Baseball Doubleheaders On Today's Schedule
Coal Belt Lea gue doubles highlight today with Lesser at Marion U.S. Penitentiary for two games and Herrin at West Frankfort for two. A single game features Horseshoe Lake versus Murphysboro at Riverside Park in Murphysboro and Cairo visiting Cobden.
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Lesser
U. S. Penitentiary
Marion
Herrin
West Frankfort
Horseshoe Lake
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Cairo
Cobden
LPCT
U.S. Penn
Prep cage coaches feel sure they could handle college jobs
Rich Herrin of Benton and Wes Mason of Chicago Heights Bloom argue high school coaches are qualified for college jobs. They cite recruiting as the main challenge, note strong track records, and urge judging coaches by ability rather than background or appearance.
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Millikin
Charleston
Rich Herrin
Wes Mason
Herrin
Benton
Rob Dunbar
Western Kentucky
Bill Smith
Georgia Tech
Doug Collins
Rich Yunkus
Mason
Illinois
Bloom
Two Murphysboro Juniors Reach State Tennis Meet
Phil Streuter and Gene Gottlieb, juniors from Murphysboro, were the only prep tennis players south of Centralia to advance to the state tournament. The doubles team finished with a 13-7 season and won one match in the state meet before being eliminated.
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Phil Streuter
Gene Gottlieb
Murphysboro
Centralia
Charleston Wins Legion Tournament Title
Charleston defeated Freeman Spur 7-0 to win the rain shortened Harrisburg American Legion baseball tournament. Freeman Spur finished third by beating Harrisburg 5-1 as Harrisburg edged Steeleville 1-0 for third place. Harrisburg previous 1-0 win came in the third place game. Home runs by Gossett and W Bradley highlighted Charleston’s title run.
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Charleston
Freeman Spur
Harrisburg American Legion
Harrisburg
Steeleville
Jody Goetting
Hull
Martin
Cottom
Goetting
DuValdo
Garavalla
Clayton
Thomas
Hutson
Spitz
Gossett
W. Bradley
Hill
McNew
Chiaventone
Legion District Baseball Opens With Two Games Today
The American Legion 25th district season starts with two games. Du Quoin at Murphysboro River Side Park at 1 p.m. and Marion at Williams Field Carbondale at 6 p.m. Steeleville hosts Highland in two games beginning 1 30 p.m. Other district teams include Benton West Frankfort Freeman Spur and Sparta.
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American Legion
du Quoin
Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Marion
Williams Field
Carbondale
Steeleville
Highland
Benton
West Frankfort
Freeman Spur
Sparta
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Berry’s
NEA
Ine
Siu-C
Drake
New Mexico State
Stuc
Brazil
Jim King
Chicago
League
Jim Malone
Malone
New Carbondale
Southeast Park
Lewis School
Grand Avenue
Oakland Street
Southeast
Oakland
John A. Logan
Crab Orchard Lake
John A. Logan College
Jim Pearce
Lingale
Ill
Trickey
Marion Swimming Team
Belleville
Anna Jonesboro
Dogein
Tommy Fowlkes
Randy Hersey
Fowlkes
Hersey
Tony Moore
Tony
Western High
Father Walt
Bob Fallstrom
Lindsay-Schaub
Chicago Heights
Chicagoland Prep
Legion
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